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Contents
System Control Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Communicating with the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The SGI Management Center Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Powering-On and Off From the SGI Management Center Interface . . . . . . . . . 13
The Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Powering On and Off from the Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Command Options for Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power On the System From the SMN Command Line. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Specific CLI Commands Used With the SMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Optional Power On From the CMC Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Booting Directly From a CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power On the System Using the CMC Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Optional Power On Using the SMN to Connect to the CMC . . . . . . . . . . 18
Monitoring Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power off a UV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Additional CLI Power Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using Embedded Support Partner (ESP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PCIe Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PCIe Drive Controllers in BaseIO Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
RAID PCIe Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Non-RAID PCIe Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2. System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Levels of System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Management Node (SMN) Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
CMC Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
BMC Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System Controller Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
IRU Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chassis Management Controller Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1U Console Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Flat Panel Rackmount Console Option Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33